Life's Test

Chapter Ten - Airborne

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Lachlans P.O.V

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"How was that even possible? The baby wasn't bit.." Alec says to the small group of people sat in a circle on the deck.

After Emily Turned, a few of us sat down to discuss what happened as Sam rests in her room. And so far the only suggestion we got was that Samantha was bitten and the infection transferred to the baby, which I knew wasn't what happened.

"I mean... Are we sure Sam wasn't bit?" Alec questions us again.

"I'm positive" I say, rubbing the bridge of my nose.

"What if..." A man named Lou goes to ask but stops his sentence short.

"Spit it out" I say softly, not bothering to look up at Lou's face.

Lou sighs and shudders slightly before continuing; "What if the Infection is airborne..." and with that the whole deck flares into chaos of chatter, and this makes me look up as I think about it.

It could be possible, I mean, no one thought the dead could rise, but that managed to happen. So maybe the Infection is airborne.

Alec tries to get everyone to quiet down but the chatter is to loud, and just as I go to make a yell for everyone to quiet down a gunshot echos throughout the empty air, silencing everyone.

Lou stands on a stool with his pistol in the air.

"No need to panic! Okay, so maybe the Infection is airborne, but none of us turned yet! maybe that is because we haven't been bit, or maybe it is because you need to die before u turn.. There is no way to tell unless one of us end up dying from natural causes, but that is rare nowadays.. so we need a brave soul to sacrifice himself for the greater good.. We need to know if we turn no matter how we die.. so.. Any volunteers?" Lou speaks over everyone, and this silences the whole deck.

No volunteers.

Then I think of it.. I have nothing to live for.

"I-I'll do it." When I say that, the people on the desk all gasp in surprise and chatter fills the air again.

"Lachl-" Alec goes to talk to me but I cut him off.

"Do not try to stop me. I'm doing this. I want to know why my daughter died. I need to die.. I need to tell my daughter about her mother, I need to be up with her, holding her. I need to watch my little angel grow up. I need to do this. And you can't stop me." I finish what I'm saying before walking off, everyone staring blankly at the back of my head.

I say tell Samantha and the others what I'm about to do, not daring to cry and make this a goodbye, just a 'see you later' type of thing; and now I sit in a candle lit room surrounded my the people I love; my family.

"This isn't goodbye..." I tell my family as I sit up against a wall with a gun in my hand, ready to leave this horrible world.

"Then what is it" Sam says sitting in a wheel chair we found in the medic area of the ship.

"Just think of it as a holiday.. A long long holiday" I say, holding back my tears as my voice clogs off like a apple in my throat.

"Okay.." I say, turning the safety of my gun off.

No words. the only sound is heavy breathing and sobs.

I make eye contact with Sam and watch as tears flow down her cheeks and drip onto her lap; I give her a reassuring smile and nod, and she gives me a sad smile.

I bring the gun up to my head when Alec cuts me short; "Not the head.. That will destroy the brain and prevent the turn." And I nod, bringing the gun down and placing it on my chest, facing my heart.

"Stay safe.. Stay strong.. and most importantly... Stay alive." I tell the group of people in front of me.

BLAM.